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athenaeum

[ath-uh-nee-uhm, -ney-] / ˌæθ əˈni əm, -ˈneɪ- /




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They thought they’d be opening for someone else, but the demand was high enough that they quickly sold out the nearly 1,000-seat Athenaeum Center as headliners.

From Los Angeles Times • Dec. 29, 2025

The guide said Sir Richard's company owned London hotels the Sheraton Grand Park Lane and the Athenaeum, plus three smaller venues.

From BBC • Oct. 11, 2021

We were married 10 months later, on the western patio of Caltech’s Athenaeum, having bought and moved into our first home in Pasadena a few months earlier.

From Los Angeles Times • Jul. 17, 2021

The figures in the Athenaeum show, drawn with pastel and pencil and supplemented by paint, are loose yet realistic.

From Washington Post • Mar. 17, 2021

She also told him that she did not approve of Lyell’s idea that he and Charles should dine every evening at the Athenaeum Club, leaving the wives at home alone.

From "Charles and Emma: The Darwins' Leap of Faith" by Deborah Heiligman




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